tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post2648824708844243641..comments2023-12-22T00:52:34.146-08:00Comments on The World of Dr. Justice: Word of the Day: “Bane”David Justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586387386542720405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-894165375158992702012-01-15T14:33:14.615-08:002012-01-15T14:33:14.615-08:00It is *always* easier to perceive the pattern of t...It is *always* easier to perceive the pattern of the carpet from its upmost and proper side. The wonder and depth of the metaphor of the "underside of the carpet" (a metaphor I met in the works of C.S. Lewis, though it may antedate him) derives from the fact that, incarnated in this mortal life, we do not have *access* to the proper side, but see things, in the words of blessed St. Paul, "through a glass darkly": and yet, for all that, the mad scramble of thread-ends underneath does give a hint of what it all means, as seen from Paradise.<br />For more on this, cf. our more recent post "Patterns, Overt and Cryptic".<br />Be well and God bless.David Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586387386542720405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-1292037856542698102012-01-15T13:57:14.126-08:002012-01-15T13:57:14.126-08:00Sometimes, it is easier to perceive the pattern on...Sometimes, it is easier to perceive the pattern on the other side of the carpet than it is to discern coherence on this side. Thanks for this. Well played.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com